The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-02-21
The New Liquor Bill.

The temperance committee completed
their work yesterday, and this morning re-
ported in the House, as the result of those
labors, very long bill embodying several
more stringent provisions than have ever yet
been Incorporated in the Maine liquor law
The act is entitled "An act amendatory and
additional to chap. 27 of Revised Statutes,
and amendatory of chap. 359 and of chap.
366 of the public laws of 1885, relating to the
sale Of intoxicating liquors. That is, this
bill not only amends the statutes as they
were left by the revision of 1888, but also
amends the amendments that were made by
the LEGISLATURE two years ago. The bill is
Section provides for amending sec. Is of
chap. q of the Revised Statutes, so as 20
have liquor commissioner appointed with a
salary of $500 yearly, whose duty it shall be
to furnish the municipal officers of towns
with pure, unadulterated liquors to be kept
and sold for medicinal, mechanical and
manufacturing purposes. At present the
liquor commissioner is paid from the profits
of his sales.
Sec. amends sec. 30 Of chap. q of the
the Revised Statutes by striking off the last
portion of the section. This is the section
with the part stricken off printed in italics;
This chapter does not apply to the sale of un-
adulterated cider unless the same is sold to be
used as beverage or for tippling purposes, nor
eTtend to the manufacture and sale of lulddltlter
dted cider IN any aUten sold in quantities of
fire gallons or upacords, delivered andtaken aa0ay
at once.
Section provides that Sec 81 of chap. 27
of the r. S., be amended by adding a clause
SO that no servant or any employe of any
railroad corporation or express company may
remove intoxicating liquor from any car or
other place than the usual and established
stations, depots or places of business of such
companies on penalty of fine of $50 for
every offence.
This section is intended to do away with a
custom, which is complained of by York
county officers. who think that trains have
slowed up west of Biddeford to allow liquors
to be dumped off in unfrequented places
whence they could be carried to the city.
Section amends Sec 33 of chap. 27 Of the
r. s., so that it shall read as follows:
No person shall, at any time, by himself, his
any intoxicating liquors of whatever origin ex-
cept as hcrenbefore provided: wine, ale, porter
strong beer, lager beer, and all other malt liquors.
and cider when Kept or deposited with intent to
sell the same for tpping purposes, or as bever-
age, as well as all distilled spirits are declared
intoxicating within the meaning Of this chapter;
but this enumeration shall not prevent any other
pure or mixed liquors from being considered in
toxicating.
Section amends sec. of chap. 366 of t he
public laws of 1885, amendatory of sec. "a,
chap. q of the r. S., so said sec. "a shall
read as follows
Whoever by himself, clerk or servant, or agent,
sells any intoxicating liquors in this STATE in
violation of law shall pay fine OF not less than
$50 and costs, and in addition thereto be imp IL
soned thirty days. In default of said payment he
| snail be imprisoned 30 days additional, and on
| eaeh subsequent conviction he shall be punished
Dy nne OF 5000 and costs, and in addition there
| 70 pc imprisoned six months, and In default of
payment o1 said fine and costs he shall be impri-
| soned slx months additional. Any clerk servant,
agent or other person in the employment or on
| tne premises OF another who violates or I'm any
manner AIDS or assists in violating any provisions
of tnis act OF any other act relating to intoxica-
| ting liquors, is equally guilty with the principal
| and shall suffer like penalties.
Section amends section 3 of chap. 366 of
| the public laws of 1885 amendatory of sec.
35 of chap. 27 of the r. S., SO that sec IS
shall read:
| No person shall be a common seller of intoxica-
| ting liquors. Whoever violates this section shall
| be fined S100 and imprisoned 80 days, or instead
| of such fine may be imprisoned three months. OR
| a second and every subsequent conviction ht
| shall be fined 5000 and imprisoned four months
shall be punished by four months additional iI3
| prisonment.
Sec. 5 amends sec. of chap. 366 of the
public laws of 1885, amendatory of sec. 81 Of
chap. 27 of the r. s., so that whoever keeps
drinking house or tippling shop in any
building, vessel or boat shall be fined ON first
conviction $500 and costs and be imprisoned
60 days, or instead of such fine be imprisoned
| three months. And in every subsequent
conviction shall be punished by a fine of 500
and be imprisoned six months. The section
continues: